Glossopetalon
Glossopetalon is a small genus of shrubs in the plant family Crossosomataceae. These plants are sometimes called greasebushes. They are native to the western United States and northern Mexico, where they can be found on dry mountain slopes. These are small shrubs with thorny, tangling branches and white flowers. It continues to be the subject of a dispute about whether its proper name is Forsellesia or Glossopetalon.[1]
| Glossopetalon | |
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| Glossopetalon spinescens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Crossosomatales |
| Family: | Crossosomataceae |
| Genus: | Glossopetalon Gray |
| Species | |
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5, see text | |
Species include:
- Glossopetalon clokeyi - Clokey's greasebush
- Glossopetalon pungens - dwarf greasebush
- Glossopetalon spinescens - spiny greasebush
- Glossopetalon spinescens var. planitierum - plains greasebush (syn. Glossopetalon planitierum) [2]
- Glossopetalon texense - Texas greasebush
References
- Victoria Sosa. "Crossosomataceae" In: Klaus Kubitzki (ed.) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.IX. Springer-Verlag: Berlin,Heidelberg (2007).
- Wild Flover
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